Window control means



Jan. 12, 1932. 5. PAUL 1,840,465

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aoonronnrron. or OHIO WINDOW CONTROL MEANS Application filedNovember 22.1930. Serial No. 497,389.

\ sion, in connection with the window opening and the closure member therefor, of means disposed within the casing below the opening and operable to raise the closure member to open position above or partially above the opening, whereby the well below the window opening in which the control means is disposed and into which the associated closure member is customarily lowered may be closed at its top and thereby prevent leakage of water therein under theclosure-memben.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a simple and efficient. control meansadapted to be disposed below the window opening and operable to raise the closure member to effect an opening thereof.

The invention is fully describedin the following specification, and while,.in its broader aspect, it iscapable of embodiment in different forms, one embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an inner side viewof the lower portion of a window casing. with a part broken away and with the closure member in closed position and equipped with a control means embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2'in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged sections, respectively, on the lines 33 and 44 in Fig.1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section similar. to F ig. 4, with the window closure member in raised position. Fig. 6 isanenlarged perspective fragmentary detail of a portion of the control means, and Fig. 7 is anenlarged section on line 77 in Fig. 1..

Referring; to the drawings, 1 designates a casing or frame work of a bus, coach or other structure forming a window opening 2, a well 8. below said opening, and a space 4: above the opening. A closure member 5, in the present instance of glass, is mounted in the opening 2 for vertical reciprocatory movements in a guideway 6 in the sides thereof and is adapted, when in lowered position, to close said opening, and, when raised, to be projected up into the space 4.

The top of the well 3 is closed by a cross member '1, forming a sill-piece for thewindow opening 2 and seat for the closure member. The closure member, if of glass, as in. the present instance, is provided at its lower edge with a channel strip 8, preferably of metal, and into which the glass is set, and this strip preferably co-acts with a rubber or other suitable sill-piece 9, when the member 2 is in closed position, to prevent wind and moisture from passing under the latter.

Each end of the bottom end strip 8 of the closure member has an car 10 fixedly projecting from its inner side at each end in adjacent relationto the respective side of the wall of the opening 2.

n rod 11 is pivoted at its upper end to each car 10 and extends downward therefrom into the well 3 through an opening 12 provided in the respective end of the sill-piece 7 and at the inner side of'the line of seating of the closure member 5 against the sill-piece. The two bars 11 extend a distance into the well 3 substantially equal to the extent of permissible raising movement of the closure member 5, and are connected at their lower ends by a cross-bar 13, which cooperates with the bars 11 to form a U-shape member. Each bar- 11 is provided at its lower end with an outwardly projecting lug M, which engages in the groove of a vertical channel guide member 15, which is secured to the side wall of the well 3 and extends from near the bottom to the top thereof to guide the vertical movement of the U-frame 11, 13.

Any suitable type of regulator may be mounted within the well 3 and controlled from without the same for imparting raising and lowering movements to the frame 11, 13 and the connected closure member 5. The regulator illustrated is mounted in vertical position within the well 3 on a cross member 16 therein and includes the two pivoted arms, 17, which are adapted to swing in opposite directions and have their free ends in sliding engagement with the cross-member 13 of the U-frame 11, 13, so that opposed movements in unison of the arms 17 will impart raising or lowering movements to said frame, as well understood in the art. The arms 17 are customarily provided at their free ends with rollers which travel in grooved ways 18 provided horizontally on the member 13. A rack-bar 19 is mount-ed in the body member 20 for vertical reciprocatory movement and has opposed racks 21 each in engagement with respective pinions 22 provided on the arms 17 at their inner ends. The bar 19 is also pro vided with a rack 23, which is connected through a series of pinions with a control shaft projecting through the inner-side wall 24c of the well 3 and provided at the inner side of the casing with a control handle 25. It is apparent that a turning of the handle 25 in one direction will effect a raising of the connected closure member 5 and that a turning of the same in the opposite direction will effect a lowering of such member.

It is apparent that my invention combines the advantage of having the control means for the closure member mounted below the window opening, with the advantage of having the closure member open upwardly so that the bottom of the window opening need not be left open into the well 3, and thereby permit water to enter such well through its top opening, and also facilitates a close fitting of the closure member with the sill member when the former is in closed position. With the present control means, the only openings provided through the sill member into the well 3 are the small openings 12 through which the bars 11 project, and these openings are at the inner side of the path of movement of the closure member. The pivoted connection between the bars 11 and the lower edge strip 8 of the closure member is to enable the closure member to have movements in aplane which is slightly angled with respect to the permissible plane of movement of the crossbar 13 of the U-frame 11, 13. and also to permit the closure member to tilt or take a different course when in the top space 4 as is sometimes done in windows of this character.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capable of numerous modifications and changes without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a casing forming a window opening and a well therebelow, a closure member vertically slidable in said opening to open and close the same, a sill memher at the base of said opening against which the closure member seats when in closed position and which closes the top of the well, said sill member having small vertical openings at its ends at the inner side of the closure member, bars pivotally connected to the lower portion of the closure member near opposite side edges thereof and extending freely down through the respective sill member openings a distance into the well, means coacting with the lower ends of said bars to guide vertical movement thereof in the well, a cross-bar connecting the lower ends of said bars, and means within the well in connection with said cross bar and operable to raise and lower the same to communicate corresponding raising and lowering movements to the closure member above the sill member.

2. In combination, a casing forming a window opening and a well therebelow, said opening and well having runways at their sides disposed in angular relation to each other, a closure member for said opening slidable in its runways, a sill member at the base of the opening against which the closure member seats when in closed position and which closes the top of the well, said sill member having small vertical openings at its ends, bars pivotally connected to the lowor portion of the closure member near opposite side edges thereof and extending freely down through the respective sill member openings .a distance into the well, said bars having guiding engagement at their lower ends with said well runways, and means within the well to raise and lower the same to communicate corresponding raising and lowering movements to the closure member above the sill member.

3. In combination, a casing forming a window opening and a well therebelow, said opening and well having runways at their sides disposed in angular relation to each other, a closure member for said opening slidable in its runways, a sill member at the base of the opening against which the closure member seats when in closed position and which closes the top of the well, said sill member having small vertical openings at itsends in inwardly ofi'set relation to said opening runways, bars pivotally connected to the lower portion of the closure member near opposite side edges thereof and extending freely down through the respective sill member openings a distance into the well, said bars having guiding engagement at their lower ends with said well runways, a CIOSS bar Qonnecting the lower ends of said first bars, and mea no having swingingly movable arms engagingsaid cross bar at opposite sides of its center and operable from Without the Well to raise and lower said cross bars to communicate corresponding raising and lowering movements to the closure member above the sill member through said first mentioned bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

SYDNEY PAUL. 

